The ability to get under the skin of characters and flesh them out is one of the hallmarks of both great readers and writers. And our beautifully illustrated Character Profiles will give your pupils opportunities to do just that – and inspire them to Go Beyond the Story. Download the resource instructions here Choose a … Read More
Get your pupils thinking about books, animals and the alphabet in a challenge designed to promote a love of stories, spelling – and research skills – perfect for World Book Day! Download the resource instructions Download the resource instructions Download the Menagerie of Books Table You can find more lesson plans and … Read More
Specially developed to promote conversations and laughter around learning (in the past, the present and the future), skills and values. Bags of Confidence challenges your Year 6s to work in teams on an independent carousel exploring different areas of the curriculum that they’ll be studying next year. In a fun, active and engaging way, it … Read More
Since their launch last year, our Sensory Maths programmes have proved a great hit. Designed to support children and young people with profound learning needs and/or who communicate non-verbally, they harness a system of binary questions and handleable resources in using a range of senses to explore in concrete ways quantity, dimensions, capacity and texture. … Read More
Whole-School Maths: The Benefactor – Money-based maths fun for up to 420 pupils in a single day! Eccentric millionaire Benny Factor has amassed a fortune over the last few years – and it’s now time to give something back to a village that’s very close to his heart: Amberton. The trouble is, though, that with … Read More
Following last year’s hugely successful and enjoyable collaboration with Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Jo is really excited to be starting work this term with their Manchester Hub. Six schools will be given the opportunity for one class to take part in a half-day workshop exploring the story of Macbeth. Jo’s workshops see the children themselves, through … Read More
With a clear focus on concepts of measurement and featurimg a deceptively endish concrete maths challenge, acclaimed Egyptologist “Dr Colorado Smith” needs your pupils help to solve a 3,000 year old puzzle! Our resident archaeologist, Dr Colorado Smith, has returned from Egypt with some exciting news – he’s now collected all the clues required to … Read More
World Book Day is one of our favourite days of the year – and it’s always amazing to see schools and their pupils (and often their staff!) celebrating some of our best known books and stories. But as these are normally drawn from Western Europe (and particularly the UK), are we missing an opportunity? This … Read More
This is a great – and very active way – of supporting your pupils in understanding that different pirates had different jobs! Download The Pirate Art Gallery EYFS / KS1 / P1 – P3 resource Download The Pirate Art Gallery KS2 / P4 – P7 resource Find more free to download teaching resources here
To be a young person in the 21st century is to read for pretty much every waking hour of the day – so those who tell us they don’t like “reading” are always amazed when they realise quite how much skilful reading they’ve accomplished by the end of this fun and busy workshop! From inference … Read More